There are roughly 11,000 Starbucks locations [1] in the United States, and about 14,000 McDonald's restaurants [2]. But combined, the two chains don't come close to the number of museums in the U.S., which stands at a whopping 35,000.
Via Instapundit [3], “There are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds – combined - The Washington Post [4]”
As weird as it may seem, it does appear to be true. Even lowly Brevard, NC [5], which has one (1) McDonalds and one (1) Starbucks, has three (count them, three) museums:
Heck, even Lincoln County, Nevada, (home to the Little A'Le'Inn [9]) a county with a population less than Brevard, has two museums:
So yes, I can believe that there are more museums in the US (United States) than McDonalds and Starbucks combined.
[1] https://money.cnn.com/2012/12/05/news/companies/starbucks-new-
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jul/17/mcdonalds-
[3] http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/204330/
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/13/there-are-
[5] http://www.cityofbrevard.com/
[7] http://transylvaniaheritage.org/
[8] http://www.tchistoricalsociety.com/?page_id=9
[9] http://www.littlealeinn.com/
[10] http://travelnevada.com/discover/history-and-